Character and Analytics: Doug Melvin @ SABR
Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin cut his organizational teeth working the computer for the New York Yankees organization. Starting in 1979, Melvin worked with one of three organizations to...
View ArticleThe Great Ron Roenicke Swindle (and another Braun rant!)
Dateline, unknown. Deep in a training facility somewhere in the vast Milwaukee Brewers organization, manager Ron Roenicke, owner Mark Attanasio, and general manager Doug Melvin sit at a table in a...
View ArticleBrewers give extensions to Doug Melvin, Ron Roenicke
Things have been a bit tumultuous in Brewer Land over the past week or two, but owner Mark Attanasio provided a bit of long-term certainty on Tuesday, inking Doug Melvin and Ron Roenicke to contract...
View ArticleVideo: Melvin appears on ‘Clubhouse Confidential’
Brewers GM Doug Melvin appeared on MLB Network’s “Clubhouse Confidential” Tuesday as part of the network’s “30 Clubs in 30 Days” preview of the club. It was a quick interview (only about four minutes),...
View ArticleDoug Melvin on Sabermetrics
Brewers’ General Manager Doug Melvin joined WSSP’s Tim Allen late last week to talk about the upcoming season and other things Brewers. I highly recommend listening to the interview which starts around...
View ArticleWhat Kind Of Team Is ’13 Brewers?
The 1987 Brewers have gone down in franchise history as “Team Streak”. The 1987 team established the “Team Streak” identity early in the season. Right out of the gates, they won their first 13 games,...
View ArticleRounding the Bases: A Good Working Relationship
Ron Roenicke and Doug Melvin Welcome to Rounding the Bases, a weekly column where writers Ryan Topp and Steve Garczynski participate in a discussion on one baseball topic. This week, how do managers...
View Article10 Best Doug Melvin Moves
Last fall, Brewers president and general manager Doug Melvin marked his 10th anniversary with the club running its baseball operations. That makes this is his 11th season at the helm for the...
View Article10 Worst Doug Melvin Moves
Earlier on, we looked at the 10 best moves in the tenure of Brewers’ president and general manager Doug Melvin. Before delving into the negative side, it’s worth looking back at those. Some of the...
View ArticleRounding The Bases: Doug Melvin’s Tenure
Welcome to Rounding the Bases, a weekly column where writers Ryan Topp and Steve Garczynski participate in a discussion on one baseball topic. You can follow @RyanTopp and @SteveGarczynski on Twitter....
View ArticleRounding the Bases: Tony Bosch & Rebuilding
Normally at Rounding the Bases, we stick to one big topic per week. This was not a normal week for the Milwaukee Brewers, so welcome to pur first multitopic week! You can continue the discussion on...
View ArticleRounding the Bases: Corey Hart
Welcome to Rounding the Bases, the weekly column where Ryan Topp and Steve Garczynski discuss the big questiosn facing the Brewers this week. You can continue the discussion on Twitter by Following...
View ArticleCould Doug Melvin Be On The Hot Seat?
Considering the preseason expectations that the Brewers could have an outside shot at a playoff berth, the 2013 season has proven to be disastrous. Milwaukee currently sits 16 games under .500 and has...
View ArticleRounding the Bases: Trade Deadline, Pt. 2
Doug Melvin and Mark Attanasio Disappointed by the Milwaukee Brewers inaction at the trade deadline? Follow @RyanTopp and @SteveGarczynski on Twitter to join the discussion. Steve Garczynski: The trade...
View ArticleMark Rogers and the First Round Descent
Milwaukee Brewers fans have an extreme relationship with GM Doug Melvin. Overall, Melvin’s tenure in Milwaukee is undoubtedly one of the most successful periods of baseball in Brewers history,...
View ArticleBrewers No Longer Have Protected Pick In 2014
As the Brewers fell out of postseason contention extraordinarily early, much of the attention turned to young players on the roster. The second half of the season morphed into a big-league audition for...
View ArticleAn Offseason NL Central Smorgasbord
As Doug Melvin recently noted, only six National League teams finished the 2013 season above .500. Three of those teams were in the NL Central. Playing in the NL’s best and most competitive division...
View ArticleCorey Hart Signs with the Mariners
Another “core” piece of the Brewers’ rebuilding effort of the first half of the last decade left Milwaukee on Wednesday when first basemen Corey Hart signed a one year deal with the Mariners that could...
View ArticleUPDATED: 2014 Roster and Payroll Estimates
Earlier in the off-season, I examined the state of the Brewers’ roster and payroll for the 2014 season. There weren’t a lot of mysteries because of the number of contracts already on the books and...
View ArticleThe Brewers’ Busy Week: Free Agents, Arbitration, and Payroll
The Brewers were busy last week. The team landed Mark Reynolds, who, despite signing a minor league deal, is expected to compete and possibly platoon with Juan Francisco at first base. Left-handed...
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